Culture Made Stupid: A Misguided Tour of Illiterature, Fine & Dandy Arts, & the Subhumanities

by Tom Weller

Offers a tongue in cheek appreciation of philosophy, rhetoric, law, ethics, language, music, ballet, art, literature, books, architecture, and graphic design

Genres: Humor, History, Comedy

72 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1987

Reviews

[Christian D. D. · Rating 5 out of 5]

My high school social sciences teacher (U.S. History in junior year, Government and Econ senior year) back in the early 1990s, Mr. Mike Gallagher, had a copy of this book on his shelf, and I, along with several of my classmates, found it hilarious.

Fast-forward to the present day, 2018, 25 years after my high school graduation (geez, where does the time go?!?!), and it's still hilarious.

[Ori Fienberg · Rating 5 out of 5]

All of my students are busy trying to do the Seurat connect the dots for extra credit.

[Conniption Virtue · Rating 5 out of 5]

I buy used versions of this regularly to hand out to friends, I think it's that good.

[Marco den Ouden · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hilarious! Very clever and entertaining book.

[Carolyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not as funny as Science Made Stupid, but then very few books are so maybe that's not quite fair.

I originally gave it 3 stars because I remember feeling vaguely disappointed because it wasn't as funny as the first one. But on rethinking it I'll give it 4 after all, because on its own I think it was funny, just suffered by comparison. I mean, yes, it was kind of a ripoff of the success of his previous book but on the other hand bits of it were also very funny and it's still a Tom Weller book. So maybe 3.5 stars? Oh, hell, why not 4. OK, 4.

[Babs · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ok, for those of us who have spend a lot of time studying the "classics" in multiple forms, this will provide an excellent laugh.

[K · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice try but not quite as funny as Science Made Stupid.

[Alice · Rating 3 out of 5]

worth it for the Beowulf knockoff